Open AccessPeripheral insertion of reverse-tapered and non-tapered central catheters (PICC) in patients receiving tumor chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Fuxia Li,
Hongchang Shen,
Min Wang,
Yan Wang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1353_21
Subject(s) - medicine , peripherally inserted central catheter , surgery , catheter , incidence (geometry) , chemotherapy , thrombosis , retrospective cohort study , significant difference , peripheral , anesthesia , physics , optics
The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of the reverse-tapered peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) and the nontapered PICC in tumor chemotherapy.